Difference between revisions of "Virginia Heffernan"
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| − | Virginia Heffernan is a writer at the New York Times who was an early LG15 fan and promoted the series through her Times' hosted | + | Virginia Heffernan is a writer at the New York Times who was an early LG15 fan and promoted the series through her Times' hosted Screens Blog [http://screens.blogs.nytimes.com/]. Her July 28th blog on the LG15 saga marked the first mainstream media attention to the project [http://screens.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/07/28/a-single-camera-dramedy-just-in-time-for-the-fall-season/]. |
Virginia closely monitored the internet sleuthing hunt which occurred at the original Lonelygirl15.com phorum, where she was moved beloved, though Virginia herself appeared to cling to the hope that Bree was real. | Virginia closely monitored the internet sleuthing hunt which occurred at the original Lonelygirl15.com phorum, where she was moved beloved, though Virginia herself appeared to cling to the hope that Bree was real. | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 11 October 2006
Virginia Heffernan is a writer at the New York Times who was an early LG15 fan and promoted the series through her Times' hosted Screens Blog [1]. Her July 28th blog on the LG15 saga marked the first mainstream media attention to the project [2].
Virginia closely monitored the internet sleuthing hunt which occurred at the original Lonelygirl15.com phorum, where she was moved beloved, though Virginia herself appeared to cling to the hope that Bree was real.
On the evening of September 12, 2006, articles by Ms. Heffernan and Tom Zeller Jr. at the New York Times [3], and by Richard Rushfield at the Los Angeles Times, broke the story that Jessica Rose was Bree, and the names of the creators. Grant Steinfeld was the primary source for the NY Times article.
This is rough, someone else feel free to rewrite more coherently.
